Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's | 6 symphonies |
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First Publication | 1773 – Amsterdam: J. J. Hummel. Parts. Plate 300. |
Genre Categories | Symphonies; For orchestra; Scores featuring the orchestra |
Contents |
Work Title | 6 Symphonies |
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Alternative. Title | Six Simphonies a Deux Violons, Taille & Basse. Deux Hautbois, ou Flutes, & Deux Corns de Chasse, Tromba & Tympani ad Libitum |
Composer | Schmitt, Joseph |
Opus/Catalogue NumberOp./Cat. No. | Op.6 |
I-Catalogue NumberI-Cat. No. | IJS 10 |
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's | 6 symphonies:
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First Publication. | 1773 – Amsterdam: J. J. Hummel. Parts. Plate 300. |
Dedication | à l'illustre societé d'Utile Dulci, à Stockholm, par son très humble serviteur et membre Jean Julien Hummel |
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period | Classical |
Piece Style | Classical |
Instrumentation | Orchestra: 2 oboes (or 2 flutes) + 2 horns (+ trumpet + timpani ad lib. in No.1) + strings + continuo |
Continuo is figured (not realized) in the Hummel parts (a true continuo Basso part, not a cello/bass part with nomenclature held over from an earlier time.)
No.2 recorded on a 2005 Pentatone CD with Symphonie D-Dur op. 1 Nr. 1; Symponie G-Dur ("Symfonie Periodique Nr. 1"); Symphonie Es-Dur "The Hurdy Gurdy" ("Symfonie Periodique Nr. 11"); and Flötenquartette op. 3 Nr. 3 & 6 (to copy from a description of the rest of its contents in the German). (See e.g. Description with sound samples.)